“She said once that time is nothing to me but a series of bookmarks that I use to jump back and forth through the text of my life, returning again and again to the events that mark me in the eyes of...”

“But as the years passed, he missed her more, not less, and his need for her became a cut that would not scar over, would not stop leaking.”

“Teddy wondered, and not for the first time, not by a long shot, if this was the day that missing her would finally be too much for him.”

“Men who believe that the way to the mind is not by way of ice picks through the brain or large dosages of dangerous medicine but through an honest reckoning of the self.”

“How much violence, Marshal, do you think a man can carry before it breaks him?”

“Jesus, Dolores, you've got to get yourself together. You've got responsibilities. Think about those sometimes - okay? - and get your fucking head right."Those were the last words his wife heard fro...”

“We were meant to rescue each other, not cut down the forest to rescue one.”

“One that society can't forgive, but I can.”

“Sometimes resilience arrives in the moment you discover your own unshakeable goodness.”

“When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms.”

“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.”

“If you hang to pain, hurt, embarrassment, guilt and such emotions you will find that they will dominate your life. They wont allow you to move on unless you make a conscious effort to deal with the...”

“We deny more than we confess. We hide more than we reveal. We assume because it makes us feel exposed if we have to ask. It's easier to say "I feel nothing" than to admit "I feel something." It tak...”

“Nothing that you confess... can make me love you any less.”